Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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IQQQCA Gonfed tall ij MENDUTA had ten inclixidual Npnuh tw ents xiarting out at thc Rotk lfalls Caiiiticruiituz Mina .laik- N011 and Phyllis xKl.lt50I'l. Loiiicnli' play rcatlursg Donna Kilhiirn. st-rimix play rtmlt-rg Bob .latch and Isahul No Help Wanted Brutk. ratlio speak- crsg llatkicvlolim and Ellen Rith. cxtum- porancous spcaikcrxg j-li:i Kuuhl. .ittcr-dinner spuakcrg Ifmmalou Ritt- iiicirr. original oration. Ifrom Cloiiticrciicc. scvcii QPlif,'llix. Donna. Isabel. Ellcn. lrciic. Ilolm. and Emiiialouy want on to Dixtritt in -lolict. Plating at Distritt. 'Iohn Kuchl and lrcm- Ritli traxclcd In Su' tional wlicrc they tiilul to plain. Mr. Claumii in struitul thc iiitlivitlual spcutli L-iitraiiti. 'WY' 1 NI. J ri G ramaficfi PRESENTING Doiialtl Elmufs 'Baltotiy' Stciiui. Mumlota tied for thirtl plate in thu SL-ctional muct at Ottawa. Previously. the Mcmlotans had taken tirst liwiiorx at the Di5tritt toiitcst at .loliut and had won tfijmwr and twu if.u'tfffw1f ratings at thc NCIC Con- tcrcmf Dramatits lfcstixal at Rock Falls. The play was dircctul by Mr. XY'arrcn. Phyllis XY'atson wax proiiiptcr. aml Altrutl Viqkcry was in tliargc ot' iiiaku up. 'IHE ALL-SCQHUOL PLAY, How to Propose . v.'ritt-n lui' Conrotl Ssilcr. wan I7L'FlAOTIUL'kl hutoru an .1IWlWl'L'Ll4lllX'L' MHS .ixsciiilwly A tant- in om' att. it startul with thu lirolwowal ot' the tau mari aiitl lul up tw tht, lWI'L'Sxl1l day. 'lhcrc wt-rf no lL'.lLllllKQ rolui cwryonc iii it was it star. The play was tlirutul hy Mr. XY'arrn-ii. .mtl Marilyn lianwau scrxt-tl as proiiiptcr, SPlfliCQH CQONTIZSTAXTS '-4 ff? BACK ROXX' l lirtitli, I. Ritli. Mr. filam- N. R -lat-th 5lfA'l'lfD: li. Rith. P. Vhatwti. M. .lail-Qwn, li, Ritt- IULQLV. Yl, Kut-lil. -.,. O 'Q c.ox'i'i2sT PLAY STANDING: P. XX'atwi1. I. Kun-hl. lf. Niiiix .5 Mi W'ai'i+.n. SIQATPD: N. Hcn.li'1tk. Cf Cliazitlln-i'. 'l. liriixlxlcy. VV. Circctwmmli Wf Iiiiikt-. A, Aithti lSAf.K li0XX'. P laiiw, li Ditluy. M: Wa: , -mm Xl'fllXlJ Rf,XX XY llitukll. Yngilmlltl, ll llxlt li Kitltl. Ci. 'l'i'Liil4Ltihii'tl. M liait ii HKUXI RIJXX- R latiih. F X-txt. lw XY.iltt-ix ll. 'lk-iitlti.

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t .lfi as Qlief BACK ROXY: il. Ambler. XY. Guilfoyle. A. Koehlcr. H. Amfahr. G Rider. F. Pohl. E. Budach. G. Balch FOURTH ROXV: XV. Brandt. M, Schlesinger. X. Hothstatter. -l. Schuster. K. Schlesinger. D. Mellott. A. Frey THIRD ROXW: P. Scheidenhelm. T. Truckenbrod. R. Kern. D. XX'ood. R. Saylor. K. Piller. Al. Gehant SECOND ROXW: Il. Williir'cl. N. Klinefelter. tl. Kennedy. M, Hartley. D, Engels. T. Iwlunson. G. XX'ixom FIRST ROXW: Mr. Illorris. C. Frey. lf, Novak. lf. Kidd. G. Truckenbrod. R. Althaus. R. Auclistc-ttei' NOT PlCTl'RED: N. Fassig. D. Truclcenbrocl THE FFA closes its books on another successful year. During the year many different projects were organized, planned and carried out under the leader- ship of Mr. Morris, advisorg Elwood Kidd, presidentg Glen Truckenbrod, vice-presidentg Eu- gene Novak, sec- retary: Richard Alt- haus, treasurer: Clayton Frey, sentinelg Robert Auchstetter, reporter. First on the list was a theme to be chosen by the organization for their homecoming float. It was llnflfll H7111 the Hnbr tim! lfvilli Mnffffu nf it. Other projects were as follows: dog house during the Rochelle game, oat variety test plot with Mr. George XVilhelm. bowling party. swimming party. donkey basketball game, and a square dance sponsored with the FHA. Each year the boys sponsor a Parent and Son Banquet. At the bancjuet Bill Burkart was awarded a swine trophy for the best hog project of last year. Cattle Call 33,4 Prc-ceding the banquet, speeches were given by several members about their projects, followed by a movie, How to Raise a Boy. Keith Piller and james Gehant ordered trees to plant for soil conservation and wild life refuge. Ag classes helped set them out. Glen Trucl-cenbrod won grand champion beef female at Section Eight FFA fair at Ottawa. with his Angus heifer. He also won grand champion steer over all breeds with Angus steers. Clayton Frey's entry was third in a large class of Holstein heifers. Other boys showing at FEA fair were Bill Burkart, Robert Auchstetter and Elwood Klklil. The members are required to participate in one or more projects of various nature. Record books are completed at the close of each year to determine the success of the individual. In final summary of the year's projects Elwood Kidd with his large dairy project was high in farm earnings.

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THE OFFICERS for this year's activities. who were chosen last spring, are as follows: president. Marilyn Bansau: vice-president. ,lo Ann Vogelsang: secretary-treasurer, Mary Hendrick: social chairman. Cheryl Brown, ad- Playmotes visor, Miss Dunlap. The girls in GAA had different sports they could participate in this year. The managers for these sports were chosen at the beginning of this school year. These are the managers: hockey, Diane Schultz, swimming, Bev Nance: basketball, Deanna Childers: bowling, .lean Garrityg volley ball, Sharon Whitmoreg soft ball, Sherril Michel. While the weather stayed nice, we played hockey. We had quite a few girls go out for hockey. On October 7, 1955, the GAA had the dog house for the game with Geneseo. Then. for Homecoming. ,454 Mary Ann Rollins and Sharon Wfhitmore were co- chairmen of our float. For a theme they chose ll e'I! llivrlfi All Ozer Them. During the winter months Miss Dunlap arranged with the oiiice that the GAA could have the use of the gym every Tuesday from 5:15 to 4:15. This is the tirst year we have had the use of the gym and a lot of girls took advantage of it by playing basket- ball and volley ball. The annual Heart Sister Week was held February 6-10. The informal initiation was held February 15. Then on Valentines Day we had our banquet and formal initiation at the Methodist Church. There were twenty-five new members. It was a big success and everyone enjoyed herself. This completed our activities in GAA. Every girl had a lot of fun, even if she did get bumps and bruises playing the different games. BACK ROXW: Vl. Carnahan. -I. Elsesser. M. Rollins. B. Kidd. C. Fitch. C. Bansau. N. johnson. 1. Hopkins. R. Her bert. R. Foster. P. Mi'Conville. P, Brown FIFTH ROXV: E. Gray. L. Merritt. S. Schrock. bf. Hendrick. C. Forth H Rollins. li. Hancock. M. Klein. C. Taylor. C. Musick. D. Inness. M. Draper FOURTH ROVU: K. Doenier. -l. johns S. Yost. ISI. jackson. li. Bowne. A. Lipke. K. Morehouse. .l. Kromm. M. Kerns. bl. Neuhalfen. rl. Bunce. S. Ricgcl THIRD ROW: C. Greenwood. M. Cook. bl. Auchstetter. P. Fitzgerald. P, Dc-lhotal. M. Schlesinger. D. HoHm.in M Elsesser, S. Phalen. -l. jones. S. Tower. VI. Mauch. SECOND ROXW: S. Schuttler. B. Baker. D, jacob. P. -lanes li Tentler. M. Swope. Miss Dunlap. V. Heitz. E. Rich. li. blacob. M. Bird. li. Zinke. FIRST ROW: D. Childers B Nance, -I. Garrity, rl. Vogelsang. M. Bansau. lNI. Hendrick. C. Brown. S. hlichel. S. Xwhitmore. D, Schultz. Q